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Highlights for Christopher & Lee Ong have included advising a Vietnamese corporation, and its Malaysian parent company, on a $2.2bn project to develop a coal-fired thermal power facility at the Duyen Hai Power Complex (Vietnam), and acting for Petronas‚Äô wholly-owned subsidiary Pengerang Power on the Pengerang co-generation plant in Johor, with a total project value of RM3bn. Christopher Lee, Eileen Yeoh and Shemane Chan lead the practice.

The ‚Äėvery active‚Äô projects and energy group at Zain & Co is led by Rajiv Vijayanathan with the able assistance of Rebecca Jeyanthi Selvaraj. Key clients include Petronas, Permoladan Nasional and Express Rail Link. The practice has been involved in several major projects and has advised clients on the design, construction, and project financing of high speed railways, monorail systems and tolled highways.

Chooi & Company‚Äôs lawyers are experienced in acting for government agencies, employers, main contractors and subcontractors. Team head Chooi Mun Sou and David Ong are recommended. The practice is advising Tenaga Nasional on all its power purchase agreements relating to its bid (before the Energy Commission) to construct a large scale solar power plant.

Notable work for Rahmat Lim & Partners included advising Suria Strategic Energy Resources on a multimillion-dollar development of a gas pipeline in the country. The team is headed by Dzuhairi Jaafar Thani, who recently joined the practice from Zain & Co; Steven Tee left the firm.

Shearn Delamore & Co is advising China Railway Engineering Corporation on its joint acquisition, together with a local party, of a 60% interest in Bandar Malaysia ‚Äď a major mixed development project comprising a new township, commercial offices, residential properties and a public transportation hub. SunPower Technology, Shattuck-St Mary‚Äôs school and Malaysian Resources Corporation are clients. Grace Yeoh heads the energy, natural resources and green technology practice, while Rodney Gomez is in charge of the infrastructure and projects practice.

Skrine acted for China General Nuclear Power Corporation on its acquisition of 1MDB‚Äôs power asset for the sum of $2.3bn. In another work headline, it assisted Murphy Oil Corporation with its $2bn sale of assets to Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi. Ivan Loo is recommended for his expertise.

Zaid Ibrahim & Co (a member of ZICO Law)‚Äôs ‚Äėvery professional and pragmatic‚Äô projects and energy team has advised China Communications Construction Company on land reclamation matters, and assisted Tanjung Aru Eco Development and Pengerang Terminals with a variety of legal matters. Wong Kee Hooi and Hua Sia Yen are the key names.

Adnan Sundra & Low‚Äôs Deepak Sadasivan has provided legal support to RHB Investment Bank and BPMB, as joint principal advisers, lead arrangers, and joint lead managers in the sukuk issuances by West Coast Expressway.

Kadir Andri & Partners advised Tenanga Nasional on the sale and purchase of electrical energy produced by hydroelectric plants located in Terengganu and by a combined cycle gas-fired plant in Selangor; Lee Jeuhan led handled this.

Boutique firm Naqiz & Partners assisted One River Power with the development and financing of three small hydro-power projects with an aggregate value of RM250m. Head of practice Fariz Azman Zainul Azman and Haflil Muhammad Feisol are noted for their work and expertise.

Led by the ‚Äėvery experienced‚Äô Iain Sedgley, Sedgley & Co‚Äôs compact team advises developers, technology companies and projects departments. Sedgley together with Leow Kon Nee is advising an agency linked to a public body on several investment projects in the country. Its list of clients includes notable local and international corporations.

Mark Lim heads Wong & Partners‚Äô projects and energy practice, which is regularly involved in some of the most notable inter-Asian investments in infrastructure projects. It advises local and international clients on related matters including infrastructure, energy and construction. Siaw Wan Lim is also a key name.

Zul Rafique & Partners acted for Genting and Suasana Cergas syndicated credit facilities worth $215m to part finance Genting Group‚Äôs equity investment in Resort World Las Vegas, which will construct and develop a resort project in Las Vegas; head of practice Loh Mei Mei led the advice.

Abdullah Chan & Co‚Äôs projects and energy practice acts for a variety of corporations in related oil-and-gas and energy projects. Vincent Chan is the key contact.

Azmi & Associates is well known for its advice on construction and project matters including financing, construction and development, operation and maintenance, and property finance transactions. Haji Mohd Rasheed Khan is the key contact.

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill advised UEM Sunrise on its joint venture with the Malay College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) to construct MCOBA‚Äôs new headquarters as well as a mixed development in Seputeh; Tay Weng Hwee led the advice.

Mohamed Ridza & Co has a vast expertise in the oil and gas sector and counts local and international corporations among its clients. The practice has been instructed to advise an oil-and-gas corporation establishing operations in the country, the work included incorporation of the company, application for licences and compliance matters. Mohamad Nazran Basirun heads the group.

At Raja, Darryl & Loh, Chang Wei Mun advises clients at all stages of construction projects, from the submission of tenders and bids, project implementation, to completion and related potential disputes arising after completion of the project.

Malaysian companies continue to make waves internationally by acquiring large
companies abroad. Leveraging on the European debt crisis and the weak dollar,
these companies have boldly made their mark on a global scale with impressive
deals. Cross-border acquisitions are increasing trend in the Asian economic hot
spots, with companies in China
and India
spearheading it. The consistently strong uptrend in foreign acquisitions and
the increasing success of the same by China
and India
for the past few years has spurred growing interests of Southeast Asian
companies to extend their reach to other continents.

PRESUMPTION OF GUILT ‚Äď REMEDY OR JEOPARDY? Netizens in Malaysia now share a common fear and feeling of uneasiness following the swift passing of the Evidence (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012 in May 2012, which amends the Evidence Act 1950.

Malaysia‚Äôs Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (‚ÄúFGVH‚ÄĚ) is a global agricultural and agri-commodities company, with operations in ten countries across the globe. According to Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Sdn Bhd, FGVH is the third largest oil palm plantation operator in the world based on planted hectarage in 2011. FGVH currently operates 343,521 hectares of oil palm plantation estates in Malaysia that produced 5.2 million metric tonne of fresh oil palm fruit bunches in 2011.

Money Services Business Act 2011 (the ‚ÄúAct‚ÄĚ) is an act to provide for the licensing,
regulation and supervision of money services business. The Act defines money services
business as money-changing business, remittance business and whole sale currency
business.

Since 2010, Malaysia has been involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (‚ÄúTPP‚ÄĚ) talks along
with Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States and Vietnam. The
proposed partnership represents the latest multilateral free trade agreement that aims to
further liberalise the economies of the Asia-Pacific region.

(New York, NY ‚Äď Nov 27, 2017) Partner James J. Terry ¬†of leading construction law firm Zetlin & De Chiara LLP will be a featured
speaker at the Practicing Law Institute‚Äôs 19th Annual Commercial
Real Estate institute in New York on December 4 and 5, 2017.

In the recently published The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 , one of the legal industry‚Äôs most prominent guides to the legal market in Asia, Kim & Chang was the only Korean law firm to be top-ranked ("Tier 1") in all 16 practice areas surveyed.¬† Particularly noteworthy is the fact that our IP group was the only Tier 1-ranked practice to be recognized in the ‚ÄúIntellectual property ‚Äď Patents and Trademarks‚ÄĚ category.

On November 18, 2017, more than 40 Kim & Chang attorneys and K&C Friends (staff volunteers) of Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution volunteered in gimjang , a Korean tradition of preparing large quantities of kimchi for the winter.¬† Volunteers gathered early in the morning to learn how to do gimjang , and helped to make kimchi.¬† The kimchi prepared through this event was¬† donated to 100 foster care families supported by the Central Foster Care Family Center .

Kim & Chang was the only Korean law firm to receive ‚ÄúOutstanding,‚ÄĚ the highest possible ranking, across all 18 practice areas in the 22nd edition of Asialaw Profiles 2018 , a definitive guide to Asia-Pacific‚Äôs leading regional and domestic law firms.¬† Additionally, we were the only Korean firm to be awarded ‚ÄúOutstanding‚ÄĚ in the Financial Services Regulatory and Intellectual Property practice areas.¬†

On December 9, 2017, Kim & Chang attorneys and K&C Friends (staff volunteers) of Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution together with youth members of Deulggot Youth World, an organization dedicated to caring for and educating children in need, delivered coal briquettes to a jjokbang town in Seoul‚Äôs Yeongdeungpo District.¬† Jjokbang towns are low-income neighborhoods comprised of tenement housings with small rooms that barely accommodate one person.¬†¬†

In the recently published Representing Corporate Asia and Middle East Survey , an annual ranking survey published by Asian-MENA Counsel, Kim & Chang won "In-House Community Firm of the Year" in 14 categories.

On October 31, 2017, Kim & Chang Committee for Social Contribution hosted its second Multicultural Family Law Academy for 2017, a ‚Äúmobile‚ÄĚ legal service for multicultural families in Korea, in the City of Gyeongsan in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.¬† The first session was held in the City of Gimje in Jeollabuk-do Province earlier in 2017.

SyCipLaw partner Arlene M. Maneja was a guest speaker on ‚ÄúRegulatory Framework for Renewable Energy‚ÄĚ at the Bioenergy Mission to the Philippines co-organized by the Embassy of Canada in Manila and the Philippine Department of Energy.